他們來到耶路撒冷、耶穌進入聖殿、趕出殿裏作買賣的人、推倒兌換銀錢之人的桌子、和賣鴿子之人的凳子．也不許人拿著器具從殿裏經過。便教訓他們說、經上不是記著說、『我的殿必稱爲萬國禱告的殿』麽．你們倒使他成爲賊窩了。

馬可福音 11:15-17

GIORDANO, Luca   Italian painter (b. 1632, Napoli, d. 1705, Napoli) 
Christ Cleansing the Temple - Oil on canvas, Bob Jones University Collection, Greenville

Neapolitan painter, the most important Italian decorative artist of the second half of the 17th century. He was nicknamed `Luca Fa Presto' (Luke work quickly) because of his prodigious speed of execution and huge output.

He began in the circle of Ribera, but his style became much more colorful under the influence of such great decorative painters as Veronese, whose works he saw on his extensive travels. Indeed, he absorbed a host of influences and was said to be able to imitate other artists' styles with ease. His work was varied also in subject-matter, although he was primarily a religious and mythological painter.

He worked mainly in Naples, but also extensively in Florence and Venice, and his work had great influence in Italy. After five years back in Naples, Giordano went to Florence again where he produced one of his most important works, the gallery frescoes in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (1682). These airy, luminous frescos provide a foretaste of eighteenth century art.

Artirst: Pannini, Giovanni Paolo     Year: Deutsch 1750



Casting out the money changers by Carl Heinrich Bloch. 1800's